These movements come in waves, and it's a mistake to suggest that the recent developments are troubling or unnatural. All ideas are ultimately interpreted accor

These movements come in waves, and it's a mistake to suggest that the recent developments are troubling or unnatural. All ideas are ultimately interpreted according to the norms of the time the interpretation is voiced, so perhaps in a few decades of this, it won't seem so aberrant and counterproductive to a class of privileged intellectuals anymore. But the unintended consequences will shape out future. Escalations typically hollow out the middle, where people with little investment in the topic might find themselves having to choose sides, and angering the other. Different people have different priorities. Many are more concerned about their immediate families and their careers, and they will try to conform to localized expectations to avoid conflict. Corporations and bureaucracies readily adopted outward signs of support for this movement, and people are doing the same. Their true beliefs are made known privately, or at the ballot box. People of conviction, on the other hand, will have no such qualms. Savvy nationalists and ethnic supremacists will find it easy to pivot their platform towards a broader vision of societal norms, and some will branch out into economic policy as we've already seen in Europe. They may find a receptive audience among younger members of groups that have been told that their group is problematic, and who may want no part in a movement that has left no place for them.